Clinical presentation of kidney involvement from COVID-19 can range from mild proteinuria to progressive AKI, requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT).
Acute Kidney Injury is a Frequent Complication of COVID-19
Understanding Protective Immunity Can Help Shape Testing & Vaccination Strategies for Fighting COVID-19
To beat the COVID-19 pandemic, a combination of strategies for testing, treatment, vaccination, and community mitigation measures is needed. Research on protective immunity is especially important, both because current understanding is limited and because of its implications for testing strategies and vaccination.
Saving Lives and Healthcare Dollars with Infection Prevention Programs
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the world how valuable and important infection prevention programs are. In addition to handling routine threats such as flu season and healthcare associated infections, infection prevention and control programs around the world have shifted into overdrive to fight the pandemic and keep communities healthy.
Difficulty of Symptom-Based Screening for COVID-19 and Onset of Flu Season Highlight Importance of Diagnostic Tests
The confluence of COVID-19 with flu season in communities where both viruses are circulating presents significant challenges with diagnosis especially. While there has been substantial interest in the ability to diagnose COVID-19 based on symptoms, not all symptoms have been described or are well understood.
The Value of Diagnostics in Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance – A Public Health Problem
At this year’s World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress, Dr. Tristan Timbrook delivered a...
Lindsay Denny Discusses the Critical Role of WASH in Preventing Infectious Diseases and Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
WASH, which stands for water, sanitation, and hygiene, are basic...